How arrhythmia feels like?

[Pami619]

I’ve been experiencing daily bradycardia for a while now, I’d occasionally feel it with palpitations and have skipped beats, my primary doctor did an electro but couldn’t find anything, I’m not an active person, I don’t feel like my heart should be beating like that, so how do I know it’s arrhythmia when he told me that in order it to be so, it has to be constant, and some online sources say different things.

[Mycal]

It may be that your doctor misunderstood your discussion about this or maybe just does not know? I have had PVCs for over 35 years and they have always been considered arythmias no matter how short the duration or lack of constancy. When the runs turn to couplets and eventually strings of missed and partial beats is when they are no longer benign and can lead to A-Tach or V-Tach and possible life threatening fibrillation of either type. In that event most cardiologists recom

[Mycal in reply to Mycal]

It may be that your doctor misunderstood your discussion about this or maybe just does not know? I have had PVCs for over 35 years and they have always been considered arythmias no matter how short the duration or lack of constancy. When the runs turn to couplets and eventually strings of missed and partial beats is when they are no longer benign and can lead to A-Tach or V-Tach and possible life threatening fibrillation of either type. In that event most cardiologists recommend a pacemaker or combo ICD device.

[HamishBoxer]

My advice if you can , is to get a Kardia 6L and monitor these events. You can see them on your smartphone or email the pdf to the Dr.

[TracyAdmin Partner ArrhythmiaAlliance]

Hi there and welcome to the Forum ! You may find some of our online patient booklets helpful? please visit the Arrhythmia Alliance website heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/... click on the tab 'For Patients' \ 'Patient Resources' \ 'Checklist' Palpitations \ Booklets' - 'Diagnosing Arrhythmias'.

You are also invited to register for our 'virtual' online HRC2021 Patients Day from Sunday 3rd October heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/...